A new independent GLOBAL rainfall product from ASCAT soil moisture observations through SM2RAIN

01.12.2017 - 30.06.2020
Assigned research project
The main objectives of the GLOBAL-SM2RAIN-ASCAT project are:
  • Development of a daily global rainfall dataset at a spatial sampling of 12.5 km from ASCAT soil moisture measurements (METOP A and METOP B satellites) by using SM2RAIN: SM2RAIN-ASCAT
  • Global scale assessment of uncertainty of SM2RAIN retrieval algorithm through synthetic study
  • Global scale validation of SM2RAIN-ASCAT rainfall product for the assessment of its uncertainty, also in view of the uncertainties in the ASCAT soil moisture product(s) and in SM2RAIN retrieval algorithm
  • Development of open source methods and algorithms for providing the product also in near real time.

People

Project leader

Project personnel

Institute

Contract/collaboration

  • EUMETSAT

Research focus

  • Environmental Monitoring and Climate Adaptation: 100%

Keywords

GermanEnglish
ASCATASCAT
Bodenfeuchtesoil moisture
Datensammlungdata collection
Datenprozessierungdata processing
Niederschlagrainfall

External partner

  • CNR-IRPI

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